Frederic Fisher's 1863 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Good Sentences! danish modern wooden duck others with a "Pretty Maid"

others with a "Pretty Maid" sticker

glossy surface and turns black on exposure to air

Lots of age and wear but stable  and in my opinion all the better for it

The box measures 4" long x 1 7/8" deep x 1 1/4" tall

Frederic Fisher's 1863 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Good Sentences! danish modern wooden duck others with a "Pretty Maid"Another really nice penmanship practice notebook, this one dated 1863 and done by Frederic Fisher, the brother I assume of Henry Fisher, whose notebook I just listed. I really like the somewhat looser handwriting in this one, done according to the Becker rather than Spencerian method, and which includes word repetition, including the names of lots of cities and countries, as well as sentences: Quarrelsome boys are troublesome; Command of hand gives